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OLYMPIA, Wash. - Dec. 24, 2014 - PRLog -- PASTOR CECIL THOMPSON - In the 1970’s I was on the ministerial staff of a large church. At one of our weekly staff meetings, the Senior Pastor announced that he wanted to start daily devotional. Each staff member was to write seven devotionals. They would be printed up and distributed to the congregation on Sunday. We staff members complained that it was impossible to think of material for seven days. As I recall the project lasted a very short period of time.   http://www.pastorcecil.com/

Thirty years later, September 15, 2000. I was pastor of a small congregation. I had requested the e-mail addresses of our members in order to contact them more readily. I was surprised at the number and decided to send out a short devotional message.

The response was much more than I had anticipated and they wanted me to send more. As I prayed about the commitment the Lord prompted me to use this method to share His Word through my life experience. The Daily-E-Votional was born.

At the outset I was sending out a message seven days a week. Some of my spiritual counselors advised me to curtail this to five days a week or I would not have the energy to sustain it. I listened and reduced it to five days a week.

The other change I made was to shorten the messages. Can I let you in on a little secret? It is much easier to write much than to write little. I eventually tried to cut back to a single page which I tried to encapsulate in four paragraphs. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005PR67ZA​

I also discovered that people like stories. That reminded me that Jesus used stories as the basis for much of His teaching. He painted word pictures that allowed the people to visualize what He was teaching.

I have had a very unique history. All the way from driving a milk delivery truck while I was in high school, jet aircraft mechanic, police officer, juvenile probation officer, Air Force Personnel Officer, Missile Launch Officer, Nuclear Safety Officer, Criminal Justice Planer, and through almost all of it a preacher and teacher of God’s Word.

My desire for each of us is that we will allow every situation in our life an opportunity to serve the Lord.
100 of Pastor Cecil’s Select Illustrations by Pastor Cecil
I have completed my first book, 100 of Pastor Cecil’s Select Illustrations. It could be a real blessing to someone who doesn’t have Internet access and can’t subscribe to my online Daily-E-Votional. The book is 213 pages in length and here is a brief description by the publisher:

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Pastor Cecil Thompson has been married to his wife Joyce since 1952. They have been greatly blessed in these wonderful years as husband and wife and as partners in the work of the Lord. Pastor Cecil is an ordained minister who has a unique background before his pastoral ministry:

Jet Mechanic in the US Air Force
Police Officer
Juvenile Probation Officer
Air Force Personnel Officer
Missile Launch Control Officer
Nuclear Safety Officer
Criminal Justice Planner

In this diverse book, Pastor Cecil uses illustrations from these diverse fields. He uses practical, real life experiences to relate the truth of Romans 8:28 in everyday life. “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love god, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”

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